Skirt-support



M. P. KYLE. SKIRT SUPPORT.

(No Mogiel.)

Patented Jan. 19, 1897..

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IIINPIRVA P. KYLE, OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 575,483, dated January19, 1897,.

Application filed April 23, 1896.

To all whom it may concern:

I Be it known that I, MINERVA I. KYLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Birmingham, in the county of J elferson and State ofAlabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSkirt-Supports; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in a device to be attached to thewaistband of a dress-skirt to prevent the sagging thereof; and theobjects of my improvement are, first, to provide a metallicconnectingplate for skirts, the device rigidly attached to one side ofthe waistband at the slit and adapted to engage the opposite side withthe hooks formed on the plate; second, to provide a metallic plateattached to the waistband of a dress-skirt, as shown, the device forminga rigid connection of the skirt parts and preventing the sagging orslipping down of the same; third, to provide a metallic plate connectionextending on both sides of the slit in a dress-skirt to form a rigidsupport for a sufficient distance to carry the full or weighty part ofthe skirt and prevent the sagging thereof. I attain these objects by thedevice illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is avertical back view of part of a dress-skirt with my device attachedthereto on one side of the slit. Fig. 2 is a vertical back view of thesame, the device hooked and the slit closed. Fig. 3 is an enlargedoutside plan view of my skirt-support and the connections thereof. Fig.4 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the same throughout thecenter.

Similar numerals refer to throughout the several parts.

The part of a dress-skirt 1, as shown, represents a skirt as usuallyconstructed, the top edge of the skirt provided with a waistband 2,attached thereto, a slit 3 beingformed in the skirt, the slit extendingdownward in the usual manner.

similar p arts The skirt-support 4 is made of steel or other Serial No.588,703. (No model.)

suitable metallic plate formed as shown. One half of the plate is madeplain and provided with a series of holes 5 for the stitches to attachthe plate to the garment. The opposite end of the plate is provided witha hook 6, formed thereon. The plate is provided on the inside with aseries of vertical hooks 7, the vertical hooks distributed on the platebetween the end hook and the center thereof. The vertical hooks can bemade of any of the usual forms, pointing upward, the lower end rigidlyattached to the plate in any desired manner.

The attaching-plate 8 is made of suitable metallic material. It ispartly split in the center, and the part 9 on one side of the split ispressed outward to allow the end of the supporting-plate to pass under.The device is provided with the usual holes for stitches to secure it tothe garment, and when attached forms a rigid and secure bearing for theend of the support.

The eye-plate 10 is made of suitable inetallic material. It is partlysplit in the center, and the part 11 011 one side of the split ispressed down to allow the point of the support-hook to enter and engagethe remaining half 12, forming the eye. Holes are provided in the devicefor stitches to attach it to the garment in the usual manner. Any otherform of eye or a loop can be used, if desired, to engage the hook.

The supporting plate 4 is rigidly attached to the skirt-waist on oneside of the slit, as shown in Fig. 2, one half of the plate beingsecured to the skirt, the remaining half extending outside the edge ofthe slit. The eyeplate 10 is attached to the skirt on the opposite sideof the slit, and a series of eyes or loops 13 are formed or attached tothe skirtband to engage the vertical hooks 7 on the support. hen theparts are hooked together, the skirt appears as shown in Fig. 2, theplate extending on both sides of the slit and forming a rigid supportthereto to pre vent sagging in the skirt.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

In a skirt-support, the combination with the skirt of a metallic plate4: partly attached to 7, substantially as and for the purpose detheWaistband thereof, a securing-plate 8 enscribed. 10 gaging the end ofthe support, the free end In testimony whereof I affix my signature ofthe support provided with an inwardlyin presence of tWo Witnesses.

5 turned hook 6, and a series of vertical hooks MINERVA P. KYLE.

7, the skirt provided with an eye-plate 10 Vitnesses: adapted to engagethe hook 6, and a series of JNO. R. PERKINS,

loops 1.3 adapted to engage the vertical hooks H. VAUGHAN.

